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...with their incarcerated mothers. Tanyall Law, 15, and her two sisters, members of the Girl Scouts Rolling Hills council in New Jersey, recently went to see their mom at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton. "I miss her a lot, says Tanyall, a soft-spoken tenth-grader who lives with her grandmother...
...question to those who are in favor of vouchers that use tax dollars to help parents send their kids to private schools [EDUCATION, Oct. 9]: Would those schools be required to take anyone who appears at their front door? My daughter is an eighth-grader in an urban school with tremendous economic, racial and ethnic diversity. I feel she is learning in the real world from dedicated teachers who embrace the challenge. But if middle-class students and high-achieving children who are less privileged can be tempted to leave this wonderful school, the delicate balance that makes it work...
...This year's prize went to the only non-Harvard act, a dance group comprised of high-school junior Adam Collins and eighth-grader Nathaniel Johnson...
...Speak Out, is that the stages of childhood development--cognitive, physical and emotional--have got out of synch. Roban and Conn call this "developmental compression" and pepper their study with poignant quotes from girls struggling to cope with pressures they are ill equipped to handle. "Boys," complains a fourth-grader in their report, "are gaga over girls with breasts...
...might say something like "I'll leave it to you to tell them first, and I'll follow up tomorrow." But if you're not sure how parents will react, tread lightly. Lynn Lott, co-author of Positive Discipline for Teenagers, felt terrible after she caught her eighth-grader drinking with friends, but worse after she told their parents and then one of the kids got a beating. In iffy cases, it might be better to contact a child's teacher or guidance counselor...